Ruben Tagalog: Kahibulongan (Cebuano)

[thethornbirdsings]

I just discovered a video of Jose Marie Chan singing it live as a duet w/ Dr. Warfe T. Engracia (singing doctor) w/ a long intro stating that Jose Marie Chan's grand uncle Fernando "Nandoy" Alfon wrote the song (apparently the lyrics) ...so could it be that Mr. Mil (Emilio) Villareal wrote the music and Alfon wrote the lyrics.....watch?v=aH2Ze0p6w10­

[thethornbirdsings]

growing up in the Phil I remember this song being sung by Celeste Dadap, wife of Jerry Dadap, composer/conductor whenever my family visited them. I did not understand the lyrics then but was always moved by the passion in their rendition. Many years later I would try to translate it using a web translator and wrote a poem.

I had always wanted to know who composed it.

[TonySitoy]

Mil Villareal - real name, Emilio - wrote the song Kahibulongan, and not Nanding Alfon.

I was one of the musicians, together with Mr. Villareal himself and his son Edward, Dr. Rene Sitoy and Lino Monares, who re-recorded this song two years ago. This song is one of his other compositions that we recorded in a new CD called "Usa Ka Higayon" that will be released soon.

Please check with Sam Costanilla column in SunStar dated January 10, 2011

[tikbalangbukid]

@TonySitoy - its good to hear na someone worked with Tio Mil on this classic visayan love song..., maayung adlawa sir....

[toiletholder]

@TonySitoy @TonySitoy I'm not sure why but Universal's Visayan Greatest Hits Vol. 1 has this song sung by Jose Mari Chan. Nandoy Alfon is credited along with Villareal. The Mabuhay Singers' album Kadingding Sa Balitao also has this song but it only credits Villareal. I'm not sure why this is. Do you know why Alfon is connected to this song? Also when and where can I buy Usa Ka Higayon?

[dongmarit]

@TonySitoy , Boss, nadungog ko ang inyong version sa "Veronica" nga gi post sa Villareal Family website. Nindot kaayo, sir. How do I get a copy of your CD "Usa Ka Higayon"?

[tikbalangbukid]

...Both Tio Maning and Tio Mil are called "Maestro" by their peers and are  very accomplished musicians/composers... ...the Villareal clan in Cebu are widely admired and respected family of musicians...

[duardie2]

dili ko masayop morag 1950's pa ning kantaha kay mga early 60's high school ko ani na, mao ni dayong kantahon sa mga haranista sa talingting,siquijor...maayo baya.. morag mahanduraw nato ang mga tipaka sa kagahapon,kadtong mga hinigugma sa kinabuhi ug uban pa,baling mingawa!

[gyzm15]

mao kini ang paborito kong awit nga gi kompos ni jose mari chan the best tlga.

[exider2009]

not my generation but i love listening in this kind of music ...salamat po sa pagload ...

[jimmtpicornell]

Great Song

[sweetlovecrusader]

This song KAHIBULONGAN composed by Jose Mari Chan's uncle Fernando "Nandoy" Alfon.

[toiletholder]

The composition is credited to Mil Villareal and Fernando Alfon. Mil Villareal is the composer of Bisan Sa Damgo Lang.

[tikbalangbukid]

@toiletholder Both Tio Maning and Tio Mil are brothers....

[toiletholder]

I think that Mil Villareal is the composer of Dahong Laya as well. But the credit says "Maning Villareal." I'm not sure if Mil is short for Manuel.

[sweetlovecrusader]

Dahong Laya is by Maning the older brother of Manong Mil. Maestro passed away already, while Mil now resides in Canada.

[tikbalangbukid]

@toiletholder - Both Mil and Maning are my uncles..;

Tio Mil is still alive but Tio Maning passed away several years ago.

Tio Maning is the eldestin the family...

[tikbalangbukid]

@toiletholder - Both Mil and Maning are my uncles..;

Tio Mil is still alive but Tio Maning passed away several years ago.

Tio Maning is the eldestin the family... Both Tio Maning ang Mil are accomplished musicians...

[tikbalangbukid]

@sweetlovecrusader - I just got confirmation that it was Maestro Mil Villareal who  composed/arranged this classic cebuano song...

[Ezrach]

sayang ang dami dami kong collection ng mga kanta ni roben nila celly bautista at ni ric manrique mula ilocano hanggang bisaya maryon ako. kaya nag hahanp din ako ang alam ko makakabili ng mga ganyan sa quiapo mga bargain na wala na kasi ang villar record..

[exider2009]

sarap pakinggan ang awitin na tunay na pilipino salamat mang ruben

[lumbiaknight87]

when i was a kid , i prefer to listen and sing english songs and idolized western singers and groups(no one's to blame and nothing wrong with it)..now , and thanks to the power of the internet, i embrace with passion all filipino songs-visayan, tagalog, ilocano etc..pagkanindot sa atong mga huni..kay ganda ng ating musika as the song aptly goes..nakakalimot kahit sandali sa mga ibat ibang suliranin at karamdaman(kaluluwa at katawan)labi na sa mga nahilayo sa ilang mga hinugugma..mabuhay !!

[thefirezone]

What a classic and timeless piece. I'm now starting to love and appreciate these old Visayan kundimans. Helps me remember and be proud of my roots (I'm a Boholano-Cebuano mix). I just found out last week my mom knows this song very well and also used to sing this when she was in high school back in the 1950's.

Viva la cultura y la musica Visayan. Anyone knows kon asa ko makapalit aning album? Muchas gracias.

[toiletholder]

I bought the tape for this from villarmusic[dot]com. But they are unreliable and unprofessional. The best thing to do to find this type of music is to actually go back to the Philippines to old record shops, if they exist. I've actually never been to the Philippines so I wouldn't know where they are.

[09SHIVER]

you've never been to the Philippines and you know all these songs? I have to thank you personally because i am looking for the lyrics of most of these songs. it's been a long time that i didn't hear them. I stayed toooo long in Manila before going abroad.

[martesprimero]

Sagdi lag panahon ni mampor, bai. Di bitaw malalis nga maanindot gihapon kaayo bisag caraan. Labing importante nga dili hikalimtan ang atong cultura nga Bisaya.

[09SHIVER]

kana ba! tinuod gyud na bai.

[duardie2]

tiempo ma ning mampor ni,pero maayo kay mobalik atong panumdoman sa kanhiay,too ka ug dili mao ra gihapon kantahon sa harana(talingting,siquijor)pag­kakaron,what a lovely song.

[euroboss7]

I usually hear my mother singing this unforgettable song in our barong barong (dampa)in the early 60´s in the Philippines and many thanks for sharing this music.

[Milordvega]

Thanks for preserving these songs.

But just curious: why did you put up that many folk songs in the info table? That's practically the entire popular reportoire: are those your favorite songs?

I also like it that you linked our folk music to Mediterranean and Latin genres like Greek (Nana Mouskouri), Portuguese fado (Amalia Rodrigues) and flamenco.

[gandasilolatina]

ito ang favorite song ko and iknow the song

iremember the visayan movie"sumatra" when i'm 10 y'rs

young n the phil.

[pinaypot]

galing ng boses talaga masarap pakingan parang asa pinas

[fernand073]

I know his son, Manny Tagalog. Manny and his wife Lou has a music studio in Hayward called Perfect Timing. They are awesome.

[toiletholder]

Cool!